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TRB Webinar: Innovative Financing for Public Transportation: Value Capture and Small-and Medium-sized Public Private Partnerships |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, from 2:00PM to 3:30PM ET that that features research from the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP)’s Report 190: Guide to Value Capture Financing for Public Transportation Projects, and Report 191: Public Transportation Guidebook for Small- and Medium-sized Public-Private Partnership...
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TRB Webinar: Use of Traffic-Speed Deflection Devices in Network-Level Pavement Management Applications |
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TRB will conduct a webinar on Thursday, June 8, 2017, from 2:00PM to 3:30PM ET that will explore using traffic speed deflection devices for pavement structural evaluation at the network level. Presenters will focus on findings from a U.S. Federal Highway Administration study that assessed, evaluated, and validated the capacity of deflection...
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9th International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS2018)* - Submit abstracts by June 2, 2017 |
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TRB is cosponsoring the 9th International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS2018) on July 9-13, 2018 in Melbourne, Australia. The conference convenes experts on bridge maintenance, safety, evaluation, management, and related topics to stimulate and promote research as well as bring research to practice. The objective...
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Automated Vehicles Symposium 2017* |
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TRB and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) are cosponsoring the Automated Vehicles Symposium in July 11-13, 2017 in San Francisco, California. This event will focus on challenges and opportunities related to the increasing automation of motor vehicles as well as the environments in which they operate. The workshop...
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Sixth International Symposium on Nanotechnology in Construction (NICOM6)*: Submit abstracts by August 1, 2017 |
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TRB is cosponsoring the Sixth International Symposium on Nanotechnology in Construction (NICOM6) on December 2-5, 2018 in Hong-Kong. NICOM symposia aim to exchange ideas and results in the field of nanotechnology for construction materials. The symposia facilitate the integration of scientific research obtained in laboratories and in field...
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Guide for Identifying, Classifying, Evaluating, and Mitigating Truck Freight Bottlenecks |
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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has released a pre-publication, non-edited version of Research Report 854. The report provides transportation agencies state-of-the-practice information on identifying, classifying, evaluating, and mitigating truck freight bottlenecks using truck probe data rather than traditional travel...
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Managing Extreme Weather at Bus Stops |
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TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 129: Managing Extreme Weather at Bus Stops documents current practices of transit systems to determine methods and procedures used for maintaining transit stops and associated infrastructure during and following such weather events. This synthesis provides a state-of-the-practice report...
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Guidelines for Optimizing the Risk and Cost of Materials QA Programs |
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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 838: Guidelines for Optimizing the Risk and Cost of Materials QA Programs proposes guidelines for optimizing the risk and cost of materials quality assurance (QA) programs. It develops a methodology for establishing a materials QA program that optimizes risk and cost...
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Improving Findability and Relevance of Transportation Information: Volume I—A Guide for State Transportation Agencies, and Volume II—Background Research |
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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 846: Improving Findability and Relevance of Transportation Information (Volumes I and II) provides practices and tools to facilitate on-demand retrieval of useful information stored in project files, libraries, and other agency archives. The report defines a management framework...
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Connected and Automated Vehicles: NCHRP Support for Transportation Agency Leaders |
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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has released a brochure that summarizes its research in the field of connected and automated vehicle. This resource explores how TRB is coordinating research to explore the legal, societal, operational, and other impacts that connected and automated vehicle technology may have on...
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TR News November-December 2016: Freight Transport in a Low-Carbon World |
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The full edition of the November-December 2016 TR News is now available. This edition explores freight transport in a low-carbon world. Articles
cover information about shaping the federal aid road act, GIS asset management, cross-asset resource allocation, and long-term performances and life-cycle cost of stormwater management. The TRB 2016...
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Thermal Imaging for Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Applications |
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has released a report that examines the capabilities of thermal cameras for aircraft rescue and firefighting operations by conducting both full- and small-scale tests. The research also tests the cameras for the ability to be used with a Driver’s Enhanced Vision System in different road and weather...
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Review of Data Usage for Road Management and Native American Student Attendance Strategies |
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that reviews condition and school-access issues related to roads on tribal lands. The research examines the extent to which the National Tribal Transportation Facility Inventory and Deferred Maintenance Reporting systems provide useful data on these roads; any challenges to improving...
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Review of the U.S Department of Transportation Operations and Organization |
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that examines how well the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)’s organizational structure enables the DOT to address transportation challenges. The report examines activities performed by multiple DOT modal administrations and how the DOT coordinates these activities.
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Freight Intermodal Connectors Study |
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that investigates the condition and performance of the nation’s freight intermodal connectors. The reports estimates the additional operating costs associated with using freight intermodal connectors due to current pavement and bottleneck conditions.
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Efficient and Effective Implementation of Alternative Project Delivery Methods |
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The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) has released a report that identifies the barriers and solutions that may improve the Alternative Project Delivery (APD) implementation process at the agency. The report refines APD methods through an assessment of MDOT SHA’s current practices and procedures.
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High-Volume Recycled Materials for Sustainable Pavement Construction |
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The Missouri Department of Transportation has released a report that evaluates the feasibility of using high-volume recycled materials for concrete production in rigid pavement. The research investigates whether 50 percent of the solids may be replaced with recycled materials and industrial by-products.
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Economical and Crack-Free High-Performance Concrete for Pavement and Transportation Infrastructure Construction |
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The Missouri Department of Transportation has released a report that develops and validates the behavior of a new class of high-performance concrete (HPC) called Eco-HPC. The research examines two types of Eco-HPC, one for pavement construction and one for bridge infrastructure construction, that were optimized to develop high resistance to...
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Advancing Smart Card and NFC Technologies at the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus |
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The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority has released a report that investigates the creation of a transportation system that utilizes existing smart card and near field communications technology to integrate access to bus, rail, carsharing, bikesharing, secure bicycle parking, shuttles, and vehicular parking. The research may...
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National Guidelines for Automated Vehicle Trials |
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Australia’s National Transport Council has released a report that outlines the recommendations for national guidelines for automated vehicle trials in Australia. The report provides a flexible mechanism that may encourage innovation and help ensure that organizations supporting trials provide similar trial conditions across Australia.
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Revised Interim Works Effect Models |
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Austroads has released a report that examines pavement works effects (WE) by extending the scope of WE treatments and evaluating the measures previously used. The report considers the impact of potential time-based co-factors which may distort analytic results. This report is available for no fee after logging on to the site.
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Work-Related Accidents in Norwegian Road, Sea and Air Transport: Roles and Responsibilities |
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The Norwegian Center for Transport Research has released a report that surveys the prevalence, causes, and understanding of work-related accidents in road, sea, and light helicopter inland air transportation. The research provides a knowledge base that may be used to develop measures against work-related risk factors.
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National Cycling Strategy: Implementation Report 2016 |
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Austroads has released a report that provides an overview of progress made in 2016 towards the objectives of Australia’s National Cycling Strategy 2011-16. The report provides an annual update on cycling-related policy and programs in Australia. This report is available for no fee after logging on to the site.
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Experimental Testing of Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles: CO2-Emission, Energy Consumption, and Local Pollution |
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The Norwegian Center for Transport Research has released a report that measures the exhaust emission and energy consumption for two plug-in hybrid vehicles. The research provides rough estimates of the emissions and energy use of these vehicles over a full year of sample usage patterns.
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Evaluation of Next-Phase Greenhouse Gas Regulations for Passenger Vehicles in Mexico |
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The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a report that evaluates the costs and benefits of extending Mexico’s program for passenger vehicle standards to 2025 by fully aligning with U.S. standards. The report also evaluates the costs and benefits of adopting a 2021 standard proposed by the Association of the Mexican Automotive ...
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Charging Drivers by the Pound: The Effects of the UK Vehicle Tax System |
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Resources for the Future has released a report that examines an annual vehicle registration tax, the Vehicle Excise Duty (VED), which is based on carbon emission rates. The report compares the VED with hypothetical taxes that are proportional either to carbon emission rates or to carbon emissions.
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